Gasoline-stove



I (No Model.)

G. A. PRAYER GASOLINE STOVE. No. 499,220. Patented June 13, 1893" TNrrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES ANSON FRAYER, OF KEITHSBURG, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND GEORGE M.CLARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GASOLIN E-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,220, dated June 13,1893.

Application filed November 10, 1891. Serial 110,411,452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ANSON FRAY- ER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Keithsburg, in the county of Mercer and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGasoline-Stoves and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Figure 1, is a front elevation showing this device as in use. Fig. 2, isa perspective view of the pendant or sight portion detached. Fig. 3, isa perspective of the transparent cover of the opening in the pendant.Fig. 4,

- is a vertical central section of Fig. 2. Fig. 5,

is a perspective view showing the glass in the oil pipe leading to thependant. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of another modification,

showing a glass tip for the pendant. Fig. 7, is a view of anothermodification, showing a glass cover or case about the pendant.

This invention relates to improvements --in gasoline or like stoves, orstoves wherein a' hydrocarbon oil is used for the fuel, and of thegeneral type of such stoves where the oil drops upon a wire gauzevaporizing surface; and the novelty consists in the means hereinaftermore fully set forth and explained, as well as pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings A, denotes any usual oil reservoir orreceptacle as commonly used in gasoline or hydrocarbon oil stoves. Atany suitable point in this a pipe a, carries the oil to a distributingpipe B, and from this latter pipe the oil is distributed to the partswhere it is to be burned or delivered to the vaporizing point by smallpipes b. In each pipe a, and b, is asuitable cut-off device a, or 1),whereby the flow of oil can be regulated or cut 0E as may be desired.

Attached byscrew thread or otherwise to the end of each pipe I), is apendant (l, of metal. This tubular or hollow pendant is somewhat largerin diameter than said pipe and is provided with side openings 0, whichare covered internally or externally with glass or any suitabletransparent substance or material D. A preferable way of making andapplying this transparent material is to have it formed in a cylinder,as in Fig. 3, and by removing the cap 0', of the pendant placing thisinside, its diameter and length being properly adapted for that purpose.At the edges of the lower and upper ends of the glass upon the pendantby screw thread or by any 7 suitable method. The oil is delivered ordrops through the unobstructed hollow end or nozzle 0 at the lower endof the pendant, to the point of vaporization. But I do not propose tolimit myself to any particular way of maki'ng the pendant because it maybe made of several pieces, nor of applying this transparent material tothe pendant, because it can be put into the inside of the pendant inpieces instead of a cylinder; or it can be put in the pipe I), which-maybe perforated for that purpose as in Fig; 5; or it can be applied asatipto the pendant, as in Fig. 6; or as a jacket or on the outside, as inFig. 7. In fact in the mere detail of the application there canbe I verymany modifications. V

The advantages of this invention will be obvious at a glance to thoseacquainted by use or otherwise with oil stoves of the class named.

As for instance the New Process gasoline 8c stoves are so arranged thatthe fluid drops from the exits in receiver or pendant upon a gauze andthe amount of drip regulates the size of flame. As now arranged itcannot be told without removing the can just how much 8 5 the drip is orwhether it is dropping at all, and very often the light will go out whenit is afterward found that the fluid was dripping as usual but thedefect existed elsewhere.

By my device one is enabled to see the drip at all times.

By my invention all the above dilficulty is removed and at a glance thecondition of the oil supply discovered.

It is obvious that this invention has in some 5 degree a likeness towhat is well known in steam machinery as the sight feed. It is notintended therefore to allege at this time that a sight feed is broadlynew, but it is meant to claim the novel means by which this idea iscarried out by its adaptation to this class of devices.

-What I claim isa 1. A hollow pendant attachment 0, for a gasoline stovehaving openings 0, in its sides, an internal glass cylinder D, to coversaid openings and the screw threaded cap c',having screw threadedopening 0 and located in the upper portion of the pendant O, to holdsaid glass in place and afiord means to attach the pendant to thedistributing pipe and the unobstructed nozzle 0 at the lower end, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a gasoline stove the combination of the hollow pendant O, taperedat its lower end andhaving' openings 0, with the glass cylin- CHARLESANSON FRAYER.

Witnesses:

G. H. VENABLE, F. P. BURGETT.

